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Posts tagged with 'blood' and 'disease' at MetaFilter.Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:16:48 -0800Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:16:48 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60"But still, polycythaemia vera – what was that? A disease that sounded like a Greek goddess spliced with an East End pub-landlady..."http://www.metafilter.com/108608/But%2Dstill%2Dpolycythaemia%2Dvera%2Dwhat%2Dwas%2Dthat%2DA%2Ddisease%2Dthat%2Dsounded%2Dlike%2Da%2DGreek%2Dgoddess%2Dspliced%2Dwith%2Dan%2DEast%2DEnd%2Dpublandlady
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/oct/21/will-self-blood-disease">Will Self: The trouble with my blood. <small>[The Guardian]</small></a> Diagnosed with a rare blood disease, author Will Self has to endure weekly 'venesections' in hospital. He reflects on illness, addiction and mortality. <small>[<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/104629/Self-Referential">Will Self - Previously</a>].</small> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.108608Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:16:48 -0800FizzGood News for Pregnant Needlephobes....http://www.metafilter.com/98326/Good%2DNews%2Dfor%2DPregnant%2DNeedlephobes
Invasive amniocentesis and chorionic villi sampling (CVS) tests are commonly used to determine the chromosomal, structural and genetic abnormalities in fetuses. But could they eventually become obsolete? A Chinese <a href="http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/2/61/61ra91.abstract">study</a> has found that <a href="http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/57857/">a complete copy of the fetal genome exists in the mother's blood, suggesting many prenatal diagnoses could potentially be performed noninvasively.</a> Additional coverage:
* <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101208/full/news.2010.661.html">Nature</a>
* <a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/12/fetal-dna-sequenced-from-mothers.html">Science Magazine</a>
* <a href="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/67263/title/Jigsaw_genetics">ScienceNews</a>
* <a href="http://www.genomeweb.com/sequencing/researchers-characterize-fetal-genome-patterns-dna-maternal-blood">Genome Web Daily News</a>
* <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19835-fetal-genome-mapped-from-mothers-blood-for-first-time.html">New Scientist</a> tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.98326Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:11:50 -0800zarqThe Ban on Blood Donationhttp://www.metafilter.com/92272/The%2DBan%2Don%2DBlood%2DDonation
<a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=sex-rules-blood-donation-precautionary-or-discriminatory">Are the Rules That Determine Who Can Donate Blood Discriminatory?</a> Canadian AIDS researchers Dr. Mark Wainberg and Dr. Norbert Gilmore say that while the ban on blood donation from men who have sex with other men <a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/190005.php">may have been ethically and scientifically justified in the 1980's, it no longer makes sense.</a> (<a href="http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/citation/cmaj.091476v1">CMAJ</a>.) Even though the US FDA <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18827137/">reaffirmed</a> their long-standing <a href="http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/BloodBloodProducts/QuestionsaboutBlood/ucm108186.htm">ban</a> in 2007, they <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/05/25/gay.blood.donation.ban/?hpt=C2">plan to revisit the policy in June</a>. <u>Background</u>
<i><blockquote><a href="http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/21BC9AF1-93D1-4CC1-9B8C-CAE6F04E33FC.asp">Currently gay and other men who have sex with men in Canada and the US, as well as the UK and a number of other countries, are permanently banned from giving blood.</a>
The prohibition in North America was introduced in 1983. Thousands of individuals were infected with HIV after receiving blood products infected with the virus before effective screening was developed. </blockquote></i>
Also: <i><blockquote>Before giving blood, all men are asked if they have had sex, even once, with another man since 1977. Those who say they have are permanently banned from donating. The FDA said those men are at increased risk of infection by HIV that can be transmitted to others by blood transfusion.
In March 2006, the Red Cross, the international blood association AABB and America's Blood Centers <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18827137/">proposed replacing the lifetime ban with a one-year deferral following male-to-male sexual contact</a>. New and improved tests, which can detect HIV-positive donors within just 10 to 21 days of infection, make the lifetime ban unnecessary, the blood groups told the FDA.</blockquote></i>
And: <i><blockquote>In the CMAJ article, Wainberg and colleagues noted that <a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/HIVAIDS/HIVAIDS/20279">several industrialized countries, including Argentina, Australia, Japan, and Sweden, have implemented a shorter one-year period of deferral</a>.</blockquote></i>
More on the study from the <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-drop-ban-on-gay-blood-donors-experts-say/article1580575/">Globe and Mail</a>, <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=3068546">National Post</a> and <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2010/05/25/14082721.html">Toronto Sun</a>
From 2000: <a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art13321.html">Should Gay Men be Allowed to Donate Blood?</a> tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.92272Wed, 26 May 2010 11:35:07 -0800zarqHow Safe is the Blood Supply?http://www.metafilter.com/18572/How%2DSafe%2Dis%2Dthe%2DBlood%2DSupply
<a href="http://www.sptimes.com/2002/07/19/State/Tainted_donor_blood_i.shtml">How Safe is the Blood Supply?</a> A tainted donor infects two with HIV in Florida. The <a href="http://www.fbsblood.org/safe.asp">people in charge</a> of the blood <a href="http://www.sptimes.com/2002/07/19/State/Is_blood_supply_safe.shtml">claim it's safe</a>. But recent <a href="http://www.kokogiak.com/amazon/detpage.asp?asin=0688176496&term=blood+epic+history&schMod=books&type=">books</a> and <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/redgold/index.html">documentaries</a> raise serious questions. tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.18572Fri, 19 Jul 2002 13:07:02 -0800ahughey